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My computer.

ChagenChagen
edited 2011-07-29 10:20:35 in Meatspace
[tɕagɛn]
I install one game and now it's BSODing me constantly. Fuck. I don't even know if I can get it back to normal without taking it in.

Comments

  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington

    I have nothing helpful, but what game was it?

  • delta534delta534
    Tech support
    I blame DRM. 
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Some old-ass racing game from 2001.

    No other users reported any problems, though. But that was the last thing I did before turning it off.
  • ShichibukaiShichibukai
    edited 2011-07-29 10:24:56
    Thane of rum-guzzling and necromancy

    ^^ Could be that.


    I remember when I installed Fallout 3 it hated a winrar alternative I had installed.


    Scratch that, older games don't have such intrusive DRM.


    What's your graphics card?

  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    I don't even think it was the game, it installed and ran perfectly. That was just the last thing I did before shutting down.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Ugh, it just starts up and then goes into a blank blue screen.
  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    Okay, I think you'd want to completely reformat it then. Reinstall windows and all that.
  • ChagenChagen
    edited 2011-07-29 10:57:22
    [tɕagɛn]
    Um.....I really would not like to have to get rid of my stuff....the only backup I have is an old outdated one....

    And I don't have a windows CD....
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington

    You should do a system restore to a date before you installed that game then.

  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Due to Microsoft's mindfucking stupidity, though, I have to boot up Vista to system restore.

    I can't even get to the boot-up screen.
  • TheMightyAnonymTheMightyAnonym
    ~♥YES♥~! I *AM* a ~♥cupcake♥~! ^_^
    Imma gonna have a new laptop soon. And then I'll be able to play stuff like minecraft and I'll be able to get all the references and stuff! I am SUCH a happy pony!
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    .....What the fuck was even the point of that post
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!
    Rub it in your face and make a pony mention
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    I've basically hit a dead end now.....

    My dad is gonna be fucking pissed....he was already saving up enough to fix my other computer....
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    All that's playing through my mind now is this song:

    ;_;
  • TheMightyAnonymTheMightyAnonym
    ~♥YES♥~! I *AM* a ~♥cupcake♥~! ^_^
    Have you considered using an external OS to get the data off? You could do that, then reinstall the main OS.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    I don't have a second computer to get another OS from.
  • TheMightyAnonymTheMightyAnonym
    ~♥YES♥~! I *AM* a ~♥cupcake♥~! ^_^
    By external OS I am referring to a floppy, external hard drive, usb, or even CD which you can run an OS on. You just pop it in and run that, then recover the data. I know these things are around, but you'll have to search a bit to find it.

    As for replacing the computer's OS, if you don't have the CD then you can always go get one from someone else. Or go Linux.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Oh, that. I knew about that.

    Anyway, this seems to be a simple problem with the windows boot-up. Checking the hard drive gave me perfect results--that is, there's no corrupted files there or anything. So that salvegable.

    I hope that we can fix Windows and then back it up....
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    How far does the startup get? Can you tell it to boot from the last known good configuration?
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Got it looked at today.

    It's some hardware failure.

    This could mean it's simply some RAM corruption (easily fixable), or the hard drive is so fucked that we'd have to wipe the thing completely and reinstall a new one.

    I'm hoping it's not the former and not the latter.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Did you drop the computer recently, or drop anything on it?
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    No.

    It was working without the slightest hitch yesterday. No problems--internet perfect, games running smoothly, and everything running at 100%.

    I turn it on the next day and the hardware is corrupted. This was a freak accident.
  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    Well, that sucks.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Yeah.

    I did notice, however, that Vista was running in it's basic theme. Not Aero. But that was it.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    Get Ubuntu on a disc and recover everything off the harddrive
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